A federal judge in Massachusetts dismissed a former Cardinal Health executive's qui tam action accusing five physician practices of accepting kickbacks because the allegations closely mirrored those ...

Judges cannot dismiss federal False Claims Act actions based on the law's first-to-file rule on jurisdictional grounds, the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Tuesday in ...

Phillip Bausk explains the US patent reforms under the America Invents Act and how the life sciences industry is adapting to them The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) is changing United States ...

We collaborate with the world's leading lawyers to deliver news tailored for you. Sign Up for any (or all) of our 25+ Newsletters. Some states have laws and ethical rules regarding solicitation and ...

In a guest post to the Managing IP blog, Michele C Bosch and Anthony J Lombardi of Finnegan in Washington DC and Reston VA respectively explain why a constitutional challenge to the recently enacted ...

Exchange-traded fund (ETF) issuers VanEck, 21Shares and Canary Capital sent a letter to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) urging a return to the “first-to-file” principle of approving ...

VanEck, 21Shares, and Canary Capital wrote a joint letter addressed to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins, in which they urged the SEC to revert to its "first-to-file" ...

There are two concepts by which the start date of a trademark’s legally protected status is determined – first to file and first to use. Russia uses the first-to-file system. In this, as the name ...